Coin-freed medical battery and appendage.



No. 629,022. Patented July l8, I899. B. WOLINSKI.

COIN FREED MEDICAL BATTERY AND APPENDAGE.

(Application filed May 16 1899.)

No Model.)

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lhvirnn BENZION \VOLINSKI, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

COlN-FREED MEDICAL BATTERY AND APPENDAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,022, dated July 18, 1899. Application filed May 15, 1899. Serial No. 716,821. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENZION WOLINSKI, a citizen of Great Britain, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Coin-Freed Automatic Medical Batteries and Appendages, whereby a person can obtain an electric shock by dropping a coin in a slot and turning the appropriate handle of the machine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the coin-controlling mechanism and also to the controlling mechanism of a movable electrode or appendage, which the operator may draw out and apply it and the electric current to any part of the body.

The object is to render the action of the coin-controlling mechanism and the appendage-locking and electricity-supplying device more certain in action.

I attain the above object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichi Figure 1 is a front elevation showing a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the manner of mounting my electrode or appendage and connecting the same to its chain.

I mount my mechanism in a suitable box or cabinet, (not shown in the drawings,) placing the induction-coil 28 upon a shelf 27. This coil comprises a suitable spool, upon which are wound the usual primary and secondary coils of wire, and the usual core being supported at one end therein and provided with the customary clapper 23 and contactscrew 24. Pins 25 and 26 support the latter parts on the shelf. The core of the coil is arranged in a circuit, with the generator receiving its current therefrom, and such circuit ineludes the usual circuit-breakers and also an automatic switch hereinafter described. At the opposite end of the spool I have secured by strap 31 an arbor or support 19, having the degrees of strength of the current marked thereon. Upon this support slides a non-magnetic shield or tube 20, havinga notch 21, into which fits the extremity of the lever 1, which is attached to the rotary handle 2. This handle and its mate 13 are in circuit with the induction-coil. The extremity of the lever serves as a pointer to indicate the strength of the current as the shield is moved to a greater or less degree without the induction-coil, thus uncovering the core. The lever 1 has a pin 5, adapted to engage a notch 4 in the coin-actuated detent-lever 3, which is pivoted on a suitable bracket and has at its opposite ends an inclined face engaged by the pin 5, and a coin-pan adapted to receive the coin as it slides from the chute 15.

6 is a spring which returns the lever 1 to its normal position after having been turned by the handle 2, and through its bracket is connected with the battery-wire.

10 is a spring connected with the coil-ci'rcuits normally out of contact with the lever 1, but brought in circuit therewith as soon as the pin 5 escapes from the notch 4. The object of this normally broken circuit is to save the battery.

14 is the upper section of the coin-chute, which guides the coin into the inclined chute 15. v

16 is a weighted loop which 'swings in a slot in the chute and is of such length as to extend beyond the end thereof when swinging to one side. As the coin slides down the chute its edge engages this loop, and as it falls over the extremity of the chute into the coin-pan of the detent-lever the loop engages the upper edge of the coin and holds it in place. As the coin rests in the pan it moves the lever against the action of the spring 18 sufficiently to free the pin 5 from the notch 4 and permits the lever to engagethe spring 10, completing the circuit throughout the handles. When the lever 1 is turned to the right, it engages the inclined face of the detent-lever 3, depressing the coin-pan. The weight of the loop 16 throws the coin free from this pan as soon as its upper edge passes below the lower end of the chute 15. WVhen the handle 2 is released, the springs 6 and 18 restore the parts to their normal positions.

In the front of the box or cabinet is a removable electrode, electric brush, or appendage 9, having a grooved shank 47, engaged by the pivoted arm 8, which is in turn operated to free the appendage by a pin 7, carried by an arm of the lever 1. The appendage 9 is attached to a chain 46 or equivalent and is in the same circuit as the handles. The means by Which the appendage is brought into the circuit is as follows: A metal plate or ring 45 surrounds the aperture in which the appendage normally rests, and the ar1n8 rests at all times in contact therewith. When the appendage is drawn out for use, the chain engages the edge of the metal ring, and through this and the arm 8 the circuit is completed between the handle 13 and the appendage.

The appendage having been released by the turning of the handle 2, it is only necessary to-hold one handle in one hand While the other hand applies the appendage to any part of the body. When a shock is desired through the handles, both are grasped, and on turning the handle 2 a shock of the desired intensity is obtained, its degree being indicated on the specification in the presence of two subscribscale on the arbor 19.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a coin-controlled apparatus having a pivoted detent-lever, an inclined coin-chute, a Weighted loop swinging in the slot in the path of the coin and of such length as to swing by the end of the chute and engage the edge of the coin when it rests in the coin-pan and to press the coin from the pan when it is de pressed, as set forth. I

2. In combination with the grasping-handles of a medical battery and the coin-controlled detent mechanism therefor, an arm 8, pivoted in circuit with one of-the handles and normally in locking engagement with the electrode or appendage, a supporting-rin g for the electrode or appendage in contact With said arm, a chain connected to the appendage and passing through the ring, together with an arm on the other handle for lifting the arm 8 to release the appendage as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this ing witnesses.

I 13. WOLINSKI. \Vitnesses:

CHAnLns T. CoYLE, NELLIE II. SULLIVAN. 

